Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-07
THE STEp.MOTHER.

with one cnllQ IS DlaFe, OUT III tnere
are seven or eight of them she has
shouldered a mountain. She has
many trials, as varying as the colors
of the kaleidoscope. yet as certain as
death and taxation. A great deal Is
expected of her and but little allow
ance made for shortcomings. A
display of temper which would not
be noticed in grandma" or "aunt-
ie," is considered volcanic if it comes
from the ''neW mamma" Our OBJ
ject here is Simply to discuss the
question, who is responsible for the
indignities she suffers? Undeniably,
the husband. Her vows mean more
than if she had married a young
man, or a man without children.
When she promised to cherish him,
the children if helpless were included.
If she seems disposd to do her duty,
the husband should see that she is
respectfully treated. If she is al
lowed chance, she will be more apt
to do good part by them than any
one else. Children are often taught
by relatives and acquaintances to
treat her rudely and to distrust every
exhibition of friendship. The faith
er should teach them to turn a deaf
ear to such meddlers. He can, by
his own example and the DISPOSE
tion' to quell INSTRUMENTATION and re-
ward meritorious conduct, gain for
his wife the love and respect of his
children: I recall a case which veri-
fies the old proverb, "Sow to the
wind and reap a whirl-wind." Six
children were left motherless and in
few years their father married
again. The eldest child, daughter,
took especial pains to make it un-
pleasant for the step-mother. She
suggested to the younger ones the
manufacture of torture by the whole
sale. The father did not exercise the
proper authority, and the wretched-
ness in the house beggared descrip-
ton. After the lapse of few years
the girl married u man with chill
dren. They in turn treated her
cruelty, and at times she felt that
her life was endangered. She lived
on sad, weary and heart-broken till
at last slow, consuming fever,
brought on by great mental anguish,
extinguished the vital spark. On
her death-bed she called her step
mother to her side and said, "Please
forgive me; I have been paid hun
dred times over for the way treated
YOU"
HAIR GROWING AFTER DEATH
Sitting in the Office of the comptrol-
Ter of the treasury the other day
were two gentlemen waiting for the
preparation of some document which
the bureau was just about compiling.
On the wall opposite hung fine oil
portrait of Salmon p. Chase, the
first comptroller, showing him as
handsome, florid faced man, without
beard and with head partially bald.
"That doesn't look much as he did
year ago." said one of them, no.
ting the handsome portrait.
"a year ago; why, he has been
dead these ten years or more, hasn't
he ?"
"Yes, eighteen of them. Yet l
saw him only year ago with full
beard and a full head of hair, very
different from the picture you see
before u.s."
"What do you mean?"
"Simply this: / was present
when his remains were taken from
Oak View cemetery for transmission
to Cincinnati a year ago. Although
seventeen years had elapsed, the re-
mains were still in an almost per-
feet state. The features were entire
ly distinguishable to those who knew
him in life. The clothing was in a
perfect state of preservation. The
principal changes were that the face
was dark, and instead of being
smooth, as was his custom in life,
was covered with full growth Of
beard, two inches or so in length and
mixed with gray. The head, which
you see was bald in life, was covered
with a full suit of hair, partly gray"
ONE OF THE LOST ARTs.-"There
is some unfermented wine," said
West Street wine importer, "that
will keep as long as is desired"
Id lllClC PSSoIAoA ooSSe
the method of keeping it?"
"Oh, yes. The pure juice of the
grape is pressed into the bottles.
Then some olive oil is poured in at
the top of each bottle. This effectu-
ally excludes the air, and none can
work down into the wine to ferment
it. At the same time any air that
was in the Juice finds its way up
through the OIL"
"But one would suppose the oil
would flow into the glass when the
bottle was put in use."
"rhat is prevented by sopping up
the oil with cotton when the bottle
is uncorked. The cotton absorbs it
little by little. All that is needed is
a lite patience"
The reporter mentioned the mat
ter to Il doctor of divinity noted for
his researches in ancient history and
the manners and customs of nations.
"That is a real discovery" said he.
"That is one of the lost arts that
Wendell Phillips did not mention in
his celebrated lecture. This art of
keeping unfermented wine was prac-
ticed by the Egyptians many years
before Christ. But it was lost. 1t
has now been discovered and is COM
ing into general use" ."-N Y. Mail
and Express.
How TO BE NoBoDY.-It is easy
to be nobody and we will tell you
how to do it. Go to the drinking
saloon and spend your time. You
need not drink much now-only q
little beer or some other drink.
Meanwhile play dominoes, checkers,
or something else to kill time, so
that you will be sure not to read any
useful books. If you read anything
let it be the dime novel of the day.
Thus 60 on, keeping your stomach
full and your head empty, yourself
playing time-killing games, and in
a few years you will be nobody, un-
less you should turn out drunkard
or professional gambler, either of
which is worse than nobody. There
are any number of young men hang
ing about saloons just ready to grad
uate and be nObOdies.